Wise Words from Wise Men
“This war did not spring up on our land; this war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land without a price, and who, in our land, do a great many evil things… This war has come from robbery – from the stealing of our land.” – Spotted Tail
“The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers; he belongs just as the buffalo belonged."
– Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux Chief
“There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” – Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief
“If you talk to the animals, they will talk with you, and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them, you will not know them, and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys.” – Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, British Columbia, Canada
Native Americans
In the early 1800s, which many consider "the golden age" of the Plains Indians" the Cheyenne were regarded as one of the most formidable of the Plains Indians. The Cheyenne traveled from South Dakota to the prairies of Colorado. Eventually they drifted into two distinct bands occupying either the land North or South of the Platte River.
One of the leaders of the South Cheyennes was Lame Bear, Chief of the Bowstring Men Warrior Society, one of several warrior societies within the tribe. Later the open range was broken up and fenced off in cattle ranches. One of the successful ranchers was John Wesley Prowers. His wife was Amache Onichee Prowers, daughter of Chief Lame Bear. She served as a mediator between various groups of people living in eastern Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Woman's Hall of Fame in 2018.
From Warrior Chief to mediator for peace, in one generation...it could only happen in frontier Colorado.
“This war did not spring up on our land; this war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land without a price, and who, in our land, do a great many evil things… This war has come from robbery – from the stealing of our land.” – Spotted Tail
“The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers; he belongs just as the buffalo belonged."
– Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux Chief
“There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” – Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief
“If you talk to the animals, they will talk with you, and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them, you will not know them, and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys.” – Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, British Columbia, Canada
Native Americans
In the early 1800s, which many consider "the golden age" of the Plains Indians" the Cheyenne were regarded as one of the most formidable of the Plains Indians. The Cheyenne traveled from South Dakota to the prairies of Colorado. Eventually they drifted into two distinct bands occupying either the land North or South of the Platte River.
One of the leaders of the South Cheyennes was Lame Bear, Chief of the Bowstring Men Warrior Society, one of several warrior societies within the tribe. Later the open range was broken up and fenced off in cattle ranches. One of the successful ranchers was John Wesley Prowers. His wife was Amache Onichee Prowers, daughter of Chief Lame Bear. She served as a mediator between various groups of people living in eastern Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Woman's Hall of Fame in 2018.
From Warrior Chief to mediator for peace, in one generation...it could only happen in frontier Colorado.
Amache Prowers
Chief Lame Bear
Father and Daughter, early Colorado residents
from Becoming Colorado
from Becoming Colorado